A man accomplished an amazing feat Thursday afternoon, completing a swim from the Southshore to the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain in just under 15 hours. The distance is about three miles longer than the English Channel in the Atlantic Ocean.

AMAZING FEAT... SWIMMING FROM THE SOUTHSHORE TO THE NORTHSHORE IN JUST UNDER FIFTEEN HOURS. THE DISTANCE IS ABOUT THREE MILES LONGER THAN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. WDSU'S CASEY FERRAND WAS THERE AS HE SWAM ASHORE TIRED AND HUNGRY. It took a little longer than expected but there you see Matt Moseley right there between the party barge and the kayak coming ashore with the green cap on his head ...he's got a band of supports right here on the shore waiting for him to arrive.11 NATS AFTER SWIMMING 25 MILES... IN NEARLY 15 HOURS... MATT MOSELEY CRAWLED ASHORE TO A CROWD OF CHEERING AND ADORING FANS AND SUPPORTERS.... NATS TOPPING IT OFF WITH A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE... MOSELEY WAS FILLED WITH JOY, PRIDE AND FATIGUE. 45:16 i'm really tired, I'm hungry, my feet hurt. 05 MATT MOSELEY started the the 25-mile swim across lake PONTCHARTRAIN AT 9:00 WEDNESDAY night. IT CELEBRATES THE LAKE AND THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BASIN FOUNDATION. 29:53 Matt's a great professional swimmer and this is a challenge he wanted to take on and commemorate LPBF anniversary but also the health of Lake Pontchartrain and the casue of saving our coast. 12 HE DOVE INTO THE LAKE AT THE SOUTHSHORE'S NEW CANAL LIGHTHOUSE AND STARTED HIS TREK ACROSS THE LAKE TO THE BOAT LAUNCH IN MANDEVILLE... TAKING BREAKS ALONG THE WAY BUT NEVER GETTINGOUT OF THE WATER. THERE WERE MANY ESTIMATIONS ABOUT HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE THE 47-YEAR OLD TO FINISH... HE SWAM ASHORE AROUND 12 NOON... JUST SHY OF 15 HOURS. 46:53 this spot didn't seem to come for hours and hours and hours even though I saw it. I even had to stop and ask are we in a current that's not letting us come in? becasue we're not moving anywhere. 09 HIS TRAINER AND GUIDE RANDY SOLER SAYS THEY'VE TRAINED 6 MONTHS FOR THIS MOMENT 50:39 I'm so so extremely happy about his goal and he did it. 07 and after he finished he came here to rest on the party boat, grab a few drinks and celebrate the victory. His trainer said he's never done anything this far. 15 miles at the most which he did last friday in a pool 13 MOSELEY WAS SWIMMING UNDER